INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES HAVE PORTRAYED OBAMA AS A PETULANT, VENGEFUL CHILD AGAINST AMERICAN VOTERS WHO CHOSE TRUMP, AGAINST BOTH RUSSIA AND ISRAEL, AND HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF MAKING A "DISGRACEFUL EXIT" AS PRESIDENT.

SINGLE-HANDEDLY, SANS CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OR HARD FACTS, OBAMA IS STILL SQUEALING IN UNISON WITH DEFEATED HILLARY CLINTON THAT "SHE WAS ROBBED BY THE RUSSIANS!" AND HE HAS JUST 22 DAYS TO MANEUVER HER INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, OR KEEP HIMSELF THERE.

WHICH WILL IT BE?DECISIONS, DECISIONS. "President Barack Obama took unprecedented steps Thursday to retaliate against alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election, prompting vows from Russian authorities that Moscow will respond in kind.

The administration also ordered 35 Russian diplomats to leave the country and two Russian compounds are being closed.

This is the first time the names of Russian officials involved in the hacking have become public on the sanctions list."Russia's cyberactivities were intended to influence the election, erode faith in US democratic institutions, sow doubt about the integrity of our electoral process, and undermine confidence in the institutions of the US government," a White House statement said. "These actions are unacceptable and will not be tolerated."

HOW THE HELL DOES ANYONE KNOW "THE NAMES"?DID THEY SIGN A CARD AND LEAVE IT ON HILLARY'S DESK?

I LAUGHED UNTIL I CRIED OVER THIS JOKE OF A CLAIM THAT THEY KNEW THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO HACKED THE DNC EMAILS. WHY ISN'T JUST ONE MSM PRINTING ALL THOSE DNC INTERNAL EMAILS?WHY ISN'T THE WORLD BEING SHOWN WHAT WAS IN THEM?WHY AREN'T THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DEMANDING ANSWERS AS TO HOW THE DNC, THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND THE CLINTON FOUNDATION ARE ALL GETTING AWAY WITH THIS WITHOUT ANY 'PUNISHMENT' FROM CONGRESS OR THE WHITE HOUSE?

BY NOW, WELL, SINCE LAST JUNE, OBAMA HAS HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO THROW TOGETHER A SCRIPT, A FANTASY SCENARIO THAT HE AND THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL HARD-SELL TO AMERICA IN THE LEFT-LEANING MAINSTREAM MEDIA, HOPING, OF COURSE, TO CREATE NEW RIOTS, LOUDER DEMANDS THAT HILLARY BE CROWNED QUEEN, AND DO WHAT NO RUSSIAN COULD EVER DO... INSTIGATE ANOTHER AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

AS AN ADDED BONUS, HE WILL LEAD THE CHARGE TO FURTHER DIVIDE ISRAEL'S WEE SPIT OF LAND AND HAND OVER AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHAT HOUSE OF SAUD AND ITS COHORTS (SLAVES, ACTUALLY, AS ALL OF OPEC ARE MERE SLAVES TO SAUDI ARABIA) HAVE DEMANDED FROM AMERICA FOR OVER 60 YEARS.ALL OF ARABIA WANTS ISRAEL ERASED AND OBAMA HAS PULLED OUT THE BIG ERASER.

WHY CHOOSE RUSSIA OVER ALL THE DOZENS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY HACKED INTO AMERICA'S VULNERABLE CYBER SYSTEMS?WELL, RUSSIA PISSED-OFF SAUDI ARABIA BY ALIGNING WITH IRAN, WHICH, BASICALLY, AMERICA ALSO DID, BUT THE SAUDIS KNOW THE WHITE HOUSE CAN BE SWAYED, AND SO SWAY IT IS AND BAM! JUST THAT QUICKLY, RUSSIA WILL BE PUNISHED TO PLEASE THE WHINERS IN ARABIA AND IN THE CLINTON HOUSEHOLD.

NONE OF THIS WILL CHANGE THE FACT THAT OBAMA HAS LOOKED LIKE A MISERABLE FAILURE ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST... BECAUSE HE WAS. EVEN SOME IN HIS OWN CAMP CALLED HIM A FAILURE THERE.

But he remains adamant that there isn't much he could have done to produce better results in a region that, in his words, is "going through a transformation that will play out for a generation, rooted in conflicts that date back millennia".

Be that as it may, the Obama administration is now looking for ways to save face and perhaps regain the initiative in the Middle East. But what went wrong in the first place?

The Obama administration invested huge political capital in reaching the Iran nuclear deal, but it lost pretty much everything else. It has come out empty-handed in terms of better alliances, with its credibility compromised and its deterrence weakened.

Not having a Plan B ready is bad diplomacy. Threatening to use a hypothetical one is plain stupid. Resorting to Plan B as a mere afterthought to save face is dangerously naive.

Unfortunately, Obama's Plan B seems to be just that: an afterthought.

THE SKY IS FALLING! WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO? It's Time To Drive Russia Bankrupt -- Again - Forbes"It wasn’t Reagan’s massive defense build-up, or his Star Wars program, that drove the Soviet Union to the wall; it was the decline in real oil prices caused by the Reagan/Volcker/Greenspan strengthening of the U.S. dollar.

The huge dollar premiums that gold and oil currently command reflect the value that these easy-to-store commodities have as hedges against dollar instability.

The high oil prices of 1980 ...were being caused by the weakness of the U.S. dollar, which had lost 94% of its value in terms of gold between 1969 and 1980.

Since bottoming out in May, the RTS (Russian Trading System) Index has risen 33 percent, replacing much of the loss caused in the early days of the crisis.For instance, the Russian energy giant Rosneft has gone up 17 percent since Obama placed sanctions on Igor Sechin, its CEO. Another energy company, Novatek, has risen 37 percent since Treasury placed sanctions on its CEO, Gennady Timchenko. Gazprom, the state-owned energy giants, is up 30 percent since March, and 10 percent on the year.

OOPS!UH-OH!DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES."QUICK!LET'S WHIP THE SHEEPLE INTO A FRENZY TO DESTROY RUSSIA!AT LEAST HALF OF AMERICAN VOTERS WILL GO FOR THE LIE THAT "THE RUSSIANS MADE HILLARY LOSE!", SO RUN IT! FLOOD THE MEDIA, STICK IT IN EVERY FACE!

HURRY, WE ONLY HAVE 22 DAYS!"

WE MUST BRING RUSSIA TO BANKRUPTCY FOR SEVERAL REASONS, BUT THESE MAY BE THE TOP 10:

(1) BECAUSE RUSSIA HAS SUGGESTED "GOLD FOR OIL", GOLD AS CURRENCY, THAT THE U.S. DOLLAR ISN'T WORTH AS MUCH AS MONOPOLY MONEY AND SO, LIKE SADDAM HUSSEIN (NO RELATION TO HUSSEIN OBAMA) AND QADDAFI OF LIBYA, RUSSIA MUST BE PUNISHED, DEFEATED, BANKRUPTED.

(2) ARABIA (HOUSE OF SAUD, MASTER OF ALL) SAYS SO.

(3) HILLARY BLAMED OBAMA FOR HER DEFEAT. HE MUST MAKE AMENDS. BLAME THE RUSSIANS LIKE HILLARY DID. KISS A LITTLE CLINTON BEHIND.MMMM-MMMM, GOOD!

(4) TO PUT THE BOOT HEEL TO AMERICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST "THE ESTABLISHMENT" AND WHO SEEMED TO AGREE WITH TRUMP'S ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIA. DAMN THEM! WE CAN'T HAVE AMERICANS SEEING RUSSIA AS A POSSIBLE ALLY, OR SEEING THAT AMERICA'S REAL ENEMY LIES WITHIN OUR BORDERS!GOD FORBID!EVEN THOUGH SIX OUTGOING PRESIDENTS HAVE TRIED TO WARN US SINCE LINCOLN THAT THE ENEMY IS US, WE CAN'T ALLOW A CLOSER LOOK BEHIND THAT CURTAIN.

(5) WE'VE ALWAYS BLAMED THE RUSSIANS AND USED THEM TO SCARE THE GULLIBLE MASSES.IT'S JUST GOOD BUSINESS.NEED MORE NUKES TO PROTECT US!NEED MORE "HOMELAND SECURITY"...BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID!

(6) NATO SET UP A WHINE..."THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! SAVE US! GIVE US YOUR BILLIONS IN AID AND ARMS!"WE MUST WORK QUICKLY BECAUSE TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE NATO.AND AMERICANS ARE TURNING ON NATO AS WELL...

51.1 percent of the Americans surveyed believe that the next commander-in-chief should use less U.S. military force abroad.

41 percent want European members of NATO to increase their own defense spending and start carrying their own weight. 49 percent agree with the notion that the 2003 invasion of Iraq made the United States less safe.

51 percent don’t want any U.S. ground troops deployed in Syria.

Over 63 percent don’t believe it’s wise for the United States to provide Saudi Arabia with more military support.

(9) NATIONS WHO WERE LEANING TOWARD RUSSIA AND AWAY FROM THE U.S. WILL SEE WHAT COMES TO RUSSIA AND RUN BACK TO THE U.S.

THAT WON'T HAPPEN, BUT WASHINGTON CAN DREAM.MOST OF THE WORLD HAS ALREADY WRITTEN AMERICA OFF AS A DYING BULLY. EVEN GERMANY AND THE U.K. HAVE BEGUN DISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM AMERICA, AS FRANCE ALREADY HAD.

TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, THE PARTY'S OVER...ALMOST.

(10) EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA WERE ALL TURNING TO RUSSIA AND CHINA FOR GOODS THAT AMERICA ONCE SOLD TO THEM.THE STRONGER RUSSIA/CHINA ALLIANCE SCARED THE BOYS IN D.C.CHINA COULD NOT CARE LESS WHAT AMERICA DOES, THOUGH IT MAKES A FEW COMMENTS JUST TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING WELL FOR THE DESPERATE BOYS IN WASHINGTON AND ON WALL STREET. CHINA COULD BANKRUPT AMERICA TOMORROW,

OBAMA HAS MADE A BAD MOVE...AGAIN. NOW, WE, THE SILENT SHEEPLE, WILL PAY.

HIGHER PRICES AT THE PUMP, GRANTED TO WALL STREET.

AMERICANS ARE SCREWED AS PRICES GO UP.

HIGHER PRICES FOR AMERICAN OIL NOW SOLD ABROAD.$$$ KA-CHING! $$$

OBAMA MAY HAVE KEPT THE PEACE PROCESS FROM GOING FORWARD IN SYRIA.$$$ KA-CHING! $$$ FOR THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

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